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glasshouse

[glas-haus, glahs-] / ˈglæsˌhaʊs, ˈglɑs- /
NOUN
conservatory
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Opened in 1984, the multi-storey glasshouse is home to 800 species of plant.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

“There’s something out there that thinks a corpse flower smells like heaven,” said Marc Hachadourian, director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, which hosted a corpse flower bloom last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

They added this yeast to bee diets and tested it over three months in controlled glasshouse experiments.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026

“Santa Maria will be one of the last growing areas in California before everything probably goes glasshouse or indoor in places like Detroit or Chicago or New Jersey,” Harrison said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

“Number eight, getting caught stealing grapes from the glasshouse in the kitchen garden. That’s another birching. ’Course we’re all too old now for birchings and for grape-stealing.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

After growing in glasshouses, harvesting and polishing the rice grains, they found that the vitamin B1 content was increased in rice grains from these lines.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

Crafted in Lancashire, England, where the company, Hartley Botanic, has been manufacturing glasshouses since 1938, the Patio is available in 15 colors. $4,400 at hartley-botanic.com.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Bringing us back to earth with a bump, Mr Denham said a curtain was drawn over the glasshouses when the temperature hits a certain point.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023

The two sky lakes were frozen solid, and the trio of glasshouses glittered with a light sheen of ice.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton


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